ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRIIISH MUSEUM. l q 



46 tablets have been framed and glazed. 

 5 papyri have been unrolled. 



11 pieces of papyri have been cleaned and mounted. 

 J 6 papyri liave been framed and glazed. 



237 labels have been printed. 



700 labels have been painted by the writer. 



{b) In the other collections : — 



57 Assyrian objects have been mounted. 



272 Assyrian bronze objects have been re-mounted. 



124 British objects have been mounted. 



36 Vases, chiefly Greek, have been repaired. 



Medal Room. — During the past year the arrangement of the Greek series of Coins 

 has been improved, particularly in the case of the Coins of the Nomes of Egypt. 

 The arrangement of the Roman Gold Coins has been also improved, and the Copper 

 coinage of the Roman families is in process of re-arrangement in accordance with the latest 

 discoveries. The arrangement of the Oriental Coins has been rendered more perfect, and 

 some portions of the series have been classed afiesh. It has been thus necessary to write 

 many new cards for the interior of the cabinets, and labels for the exterior. 



The unascertained Coins comprised in the collection have been carefully studied, and the 

 proper attributions of several of them determined. 



In addition to the examination of the various Coins and Medals offered for purchase, a 

 large collection, recently discovered, of Roman Third Brass Coins has been carefully exa- 

 mined, and all the specimens needed for the Museum selected. 



II. — Acquiiltions. 



General Antiquities. — The following may be specified as the most important : — 



A very valuable collection of Italo-Greek and Roman Antiquities, chiefly from Magna 

 Graecia, bequeathed by the late Hon. Sir William Temple, H. M. Minister at the Court of 

 Naples. This collection consists of — 



218 Painted Fictile Vases. 



376 Unpainted ditto and Terracottas. 



428 objects in Bronze. 



34 objects in Iron and Lead. 



173 objects in Glass and Vitreous Paste. 



64 Ornaments in Gold and Silver. 



12 Gold Coins. 



4i Carvings in Amber. 



24 Carvings in Ivory and Bone. 



60 Engraved Gems and Scarabaji. 



15 Fragments of Roman Fresco Painting. 



17 Roman Mosaics. 



109 Busts, Sepulchral Urns, and minor Sculptures in Marble and Alabaster. 



Of these, the most interesting portions are the Painted Vases, the Bronzes, and the Speci- 

 mens of Greek and Roman Glass. 



In the First Class may be particularised a magnificent Kruter, with a Painting of the 

 Death of Hippolytus; a very fine and rare globular Vase, with an Ornamental Cover and 

 lofty Pedestal ; a l^ehythus, representing the Judgment of Paris ; and two large and richly 

 decorated Paterae with twisted Handles, all of the fabric of Iluvo, in Apulia; several small 

 but beautiful Vases, from Nola, in Campania, of the best period of Greek Art ; a LekythuSf 

 from Locri Epi-zephyrii, witli an Amazonomachia, delineated in outline on a white 

 ground ; a tall Vase from the ancient Gnatia, of unusual form and very florid ornamentation ; 

 and a remarkably fine Rhylon, in the form of a Mule's Head, of Nolan manufacture. 



Of the Terracottas the most valuable are a very large Krater, with Figures of Horses 

 projectino- t'rom the sides ; a Vase, with Bas-reliefs, covered with a blue vitreous glaze ; 

 several Rliytona terminating in the Heads of Animals ; and three late, but curious. Poly- 

 chrome Vases, decorated with Human Heads in relief, from Canosa, in Apulia. 



Among the Bronzes may be mentioned a small but very beautiful Bust of a youthful 

 Faun ; some very fine Specimens of Greek Armour from Ruvo, comprehending a Breast 

 •and Back Plate, a Waistband, some very curiously ornamented Greaves, and several 

 Helmets, one engraved with the name of Dasimus, the son of Pyrrhus ; a Horse's muzzle 

 and bit complete ; and a Spur, with a rowel and buckle, apparently older than any previously 

 known, also from Ruvo. To these may be added a very beautiful Bronze Statue of the 

 youthful Bacchus, deposited in the Museum by Sir W. Temple during his lifetime. 



The Glass Collection includes a beautiful violet-coloured Vase, with Handles attached by 

 white Masks, from the site of the ancient Atella; some unusually fine Specimens of Greek 

 Polychrome Vases and Bowls; and five very rare Figures of Birds, from Pozzuoli. 



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